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Family Agonidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Agonopsis sterletus

Cabrillo Cove, Catalina, CA, 80 feet

SOUTHERN SPEARNOSE POACHER

Rare over sand or mud in deep water.  Feeds upon invertebrates at night.  Attains 6 inches.  Central to Baja California.  The more common Northern Spearnose Poacher, Agonopsis vulsa,  occurs from Alaska to San Diego.